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Bessie’s Front Porch: “Hammering For Freedom”

Elijah Cameron, reading “Hammering for Freedom.”
The Bessie Smith Cultural Center

“Bessie’s Front Porch” features community members reading children’s books to spur dialogue on race relations.

The digital series from the Bessie Smith Cultural Center here in Chattanooga debuted last year - and it is back every day online throughout February for Black History Month.

 

Here’s an excerpt of Elijah Cameron - reading “Hammering for Freedom,” by Rita Lorraine Hubbard.

 

  

 

 

Ray is the host and producer of Scenic Roots, Mondays - Thursdays at 3 PM on WUTC.
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